Chironomid and pollen evidence for climate fluctuations during the Last Glacial Termination in NW Patagonia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 517-525

  Massaferro, J I ^a   Moreno, P I ^b   Denton, G H ^c   Vandergoes, M ^d   Dieffenbacher Krall, A ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORES; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; COOLING TRENDS; DEGLACIAL WARMING; FIRE ACTIVITIES; ISOTOPIC SIGNALS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; MID-LATITUDES; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTIONS; WARM CONDITIONS; WET CONDITIONS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVERTEBRATE; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALYNOLOGY; RECOGNITION; WATER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 59849112274     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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